Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo outbreak

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The outbreak is DR Congo's 11th since Ebola was identified in 1976. AFP/File/John WESSELS

On June 25, the vast central African country officially declared an end to an Ebola epidemic that broke out in the east two years ago, which Health Minister Eteni Longondo said was “the longest, most complex and deadliest” in the country’s history.The WHO called the latest figures “of great concern”, saying that it had identified 56 cases by Thursday.

“In 2018, we had the Ebola epidemic. In 2020, the measles epidemic. As I speak, we have five cases of polio,” he said. An investigation by The New Humanitarian last month found that payments to security forces and job kickback schemes “may have jeopardised humanitarian operations and put lives at risk”.

 

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